Here’s how to make an OnlyFans account as a creator: sign up for free at onlyfans.com, confirm your email, then choose the option to become a creator and verify your identity with a government-issued photo ID and a selfie. Once you’re approved, you add a bank account in your name, set up your page and choose your subscription price. You can do all of it from your phone, and only people aged 18 or over can sign up.

If you just want to subscribe to creators, steps 1 and 2 (plus a payment card) are all you need. Everything after that is for selling your own content.

What you need before you sign up

Have these ready before you start:

  • Proof that you’re 18 or older: a valid, government-issued photo ID, like a passport or a driver’s license. OnlyFans checks your date of birth against it.
  • An email you check often. If you’d rather nobody connects the account to you, create a new one just for this.
  • A phone with a decent camera for the ID photos and the selfie or face scan.
  • A bank account in your own name to get paid. OnlyFans only pays the verified person: no partner’s, parent’s or friend’s account.
  • A rough plan: what you’ll post, how often and at what price. The account takes minutes to open; the plan is what gets people to pay.

The full list, with what changes in the US, the UK, Canada and Australia, is in our guide to OnlyFans requirements for creators.

On the money side, the basics: according to OnlyFans’ terms, the platform keeps 20% of what fans pay you (subscriptions, tips, paid messages and paid posts) and you get 80%, in US dollars. Opening an account doesn’t guarantee any income.

How to make an OnlyFans account, step by step

Step 1: Sign up at onlyfans.com

Type onlyfans.com into your browser instead of tapping ads or links people send you: there are fake login pages out there built to steal passwords. Then:

  1. Tap Sign up and enter a name (it can already be your stage name), your email and a password you don’t use anywhere else.
  2. If you prefer, sign up with Google or X. It’s quicker, but it ties OnlyFans to that account; if you want discretion, use the new email instead.

Step 2: Confirm your email

OnlyFans sends you a confirmation email. Open it and tap the link to activate your account.

At this point you have a regular account, the same kind any fan uses. To earn money, you need to turn it into a creator account. What changes between the two, and which settings matter once you switch, is explained in our guide to setting up an OnlyFans creator account.

Step 3: Sign up as a creator and verify your identity

Open the menu on your profile and look for Become a creator (it can also show up as a prompt to add your bank and start earning). OnlyFans will ask for:

  • Your legal details: country of residence, full name exactly as it appears on your ID (including any middle name shown), date of birth and address. None of this appears on your page.
  • Photos of your ID, front and back if it has one: the whole document, sharp and with no glare.
  • A selfie or face scan with your camera, following the on-screen instructions, to confirm you’re the person on the ID.

Then you wait for the review. It usually takes from a few hours to a few days, and you’ll hear back by email. If it’s rejected or drags on, our guide on getting verified on OnlyFans covers the usual reasons and how to fix them.

Step 4: Add your payout details

Once you’re verified, go to the Banking section and choose one of the payout methods available in your country. Usually that’s a bank transfer to an account in your name and, in some countries, an e-wallet like Paxum. PayPal isn’t an option. US creators are also asked for tax details for a Form W-9 (a Social Security number or an EIN).

Two things to know from day one. The account holder has to be the verified person. And OnlyFans works in US dollars, so outside the US your bank will convert the money and may charge a fee to receive it. Payout times, the minimum withdrawal and what changes by country are in how long OnlyFans takes to pay out.

Step 5: Set up your page

Your page is your shop window: it’s what people coming from your social media see before they decide whether to pay. You can work on it while you wait for verification.

  • Display name and username. Your username becomes your link (onlyfans.com/yourname). Pick something short, easy to spell and free on the social platforms you’ll use: changing it later makes promotion harder.
  • Profile photo and header. Good light, sharp and consistent with what you’ll offer. Check how they look small, on a phone screen.
  • Bio. Two or three lines on what people get and how often, like “New posts every day, a full set every week and custom requests in messages.” Leave out your real city, your job and anything else that leads back to you.

Step 6: Choose your subscription price

You can run a free page or charge a monthly subscription, which under OnlyFans’ current terms goes from $4.99 to $49.99 a month. You can also offer 3-, 6- or 12-month bundles at a discount and run promotions for new subscribers. The price can be changed whenever you like, so you don’t have to get it perfect on day one. To pick a starting point, see how much to charge for your OnlyFans subscription.

Subscriptions aren’t the only income: there are also tips, paid messages (PPV) and paid posts.

Step 7: Secure your account

Turn on two-step verification in your security settings, use a unique password and don’t give it to anyone who messages you out of the blue offering help or promotion. Keep access to your sign-up email safe: it’s how you’ll get back in if you ever lose your password.

How to make an OnlyFans page for beginners: your first weeks

An approved account is only the starting line. What you do in the first few weeks is what separates a page that sells from one that sits empty:

  1. Fill your feed before you promote it. Whoever subscribes on day one needs to find content: upload a good batch of varied posts, plus a welcome post that explains what they’ll get.
  2. Set up your welcome message. OnlyFans lets you send an automatic message to every new subscriber; use it to introduce yourself and mention the extras you offer.
  3. Plan a posting schedule and stick to it. Consistency keeps subscribers around longer than a burst of posts followed by weeks of silence.
  4. Open your social accounts under your stage name and start sharing your link within each platform’s rules. Without promotion almost nobody finds your page, because OnlyFans’ own search is very limited.
  5. Answer your messages. Chat is where paid content and extras sell, and where a subscriber decides whether to renew.
  6. Check your stats at the end of the month: which posts worked, where subscribers came from and whether your price fits.

There’s a fuller plan in our guide on how to start an OnlyFans. And if you’d rather not do it alone, an agency can take care of strategy, promotion and chat while you focus on creating.

Common mistakes when making an OnlyFans account

  • Details that don’t match your ID: a missing middle name, a shortened first name or a typo in your date of birth. It’s one of the most common reasons for rejection.
  • Getting paid into someone else’s account. It’s against OnlyFans’ terms and can freeze your payouts.
  • Verifying with an expired or damaged ID. The system rejects it even if it still works for other things where you live.
  • Signing up with your personal email or social accounts when you want to keep it private. Separating them later is much harder; our guide to an anonymous OnlyFans account shows how to set it up from the start.
  • Downloading so-called OnlyFans apps from unknown sites. Use the official website in your browser.
  • Promoting an empty page. People who land on it and find nothing rarely come back.